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ofer middangeard, mægene geswiðed,
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waldend ond wyrhta wuldorþrymmes,
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an ece god eallra gesceafta.
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Swylce he oðerra unrim cyðde
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wundorworca on wera gesyhðe.
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Syþþan eft gewat oðre siðe
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getrume mycle, þæt he in temple gestod,
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wuldres aldor. Wordhleoðor astag
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geond heahræced. Haliges lare
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synnige ne swulgon, þeah he soðra swa feala
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tacna gecyðde, þær hie to segon.
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Swylce he wrætlice wundor agræfene,
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anlicnesse engla sinra
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geseh, sigora frea, on seles wage,
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on twa healfe torhte gefrætwed,
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wlitige geworhte. He worde cwæð:
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'ðis is anlicnes engelcynna
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þæs bremestan þe mid þam burgwarum
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in þære ceastre is. Cheruphim et Seraphim
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þa on swegeldreamum syndon nemned.
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Fore onsyne ecan dryhtnes
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standað stiðferðe, stefnum herigað,
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halgum hleoðrum, heofoncyninges þrym,
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meotudes mundbyrd. Her amearcod is
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haligra hiw, þurh handmægen
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awriten on wealle wuldres þegnas.'
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þa gen worde cwæð weoruda dryhten,
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heofonhalig gast, fore þam heremægene:
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'Nu ic bebeode beacen ætywan,
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wundor geweorðan on wera gemange,
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ðæt þeos onlicnes eorðan sece,
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wlitig of wage, ond word sprece,
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secge soðcwidum, (þy sceolon gelyfan
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eorlas on cyððe), hwæt min æðelo sien.'
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Ne dorste þa forhylman hælendes bebod
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wundor fore weorodum, ac of wealle ahleop,
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frod fyrngeweorc, þæt he on foldan stod,
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stan fram stane. Stefn æfter cwom,
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hlud þurh heardne, hleoðor dynede,
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wordum wemde. Wrætlic þuhte
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stiðhycgendum stanes ongin.
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Septe sacerdas sweotolum tacnum,
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witig werede ond worde cwæð:
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'Ge synd unlæde, earmra geþohta
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searowum beswicene, oððe sel nyton,
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mode gemyrde. Ge mon cigað
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godes ece bearn, þone þe grund ond sund,
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heofon ond eorðan ond hreo wægas,
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salte sæstreamas ond swegl uppe
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amearcode mundum sinum.
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þis is se ilca ealwalda god
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ðone on fyrndagum fæderas cuðon.
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He Abrahame ond Isace
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ond Iocobe gife bryttode,
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welum weorðode, wordum sægde
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ærest Habrahame æðeles geþingu,
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þæt of his cynne cenned sceolde
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weorðan wuldres god. Is seo wyrd mid eow
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open, orgete, magan eagum nu
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geseon sigores god, swegles agend.'
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æfter þyssum wordum weorud hlosnode
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geond þæt side sel, (swigodon ealle),
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ða ða yldestan eft ongunnon
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secgan synfulle, (soð ne oncneowan),
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þæt hit drycræftum gedon wære,
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scingelacum, þæt se scyna stan
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mælde for mannum. Man wridode
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geond beorna breost, brandhata nið
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weoll on gewitte, weorm blædum fag,
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attor ælfæle. þær orcnawe wearð
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þurh teoncwide tweogende mod,
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mæcga misgehygd morðre bewunden.
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ða se þeoden bebead þryðweorc faran,
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stan on stræte of stedewange,
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ond forð gan foldweg tredan,
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grene grundas, godes ærendu
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larum lædan on þa leodmearce
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to Channaneum, cyninges worde
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beodan Habrahame mid his eaforum twæm
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of eorðscræfe ærest fremman,
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lætan landreste, leoðo gadrigean,
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gaste onfon ond geogoðhade,
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edniwinga andweard cuman,
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frode fyrnweotan, folce gecyðan,
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hwylcne hie god mihtum ongiten hæfdon.
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Gewat he þa feran, swa him frea mihtig,
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scyppend wera, gescrifen hæfde,
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ofer mearcpaðu, þæt he on Mambre becom
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beorhte blican, swa him bebead meotud,
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þær þa lichoman lange þrage,
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heahfædera hra, beheled wæron.
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Het þa ofstlice up astandan
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Habraham ond Isaac, æðeling þriddan
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Iacob of greote to godes geþinge,
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sneome of slæpe þæm fæstan. Het hie to þam siðe gyrwan,
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faran to frean dome. Sceoldon hie þam folce gecyðan
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hwa æt frumsceafte furðum teode
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eorðan eallgrene ond upheofon,
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hwær se wealdend wære þe þæt weorc staðolade.
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Ne dorston þa gelettan leng owihte

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